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Masisi Territory has constantly been subjected to the conflict between the Congolese army and militias, which has plagued the eastern Congo since the ending of the Second Congo War. militias originating from the Rwandan genocide and the Congolese civil war, and Ugandan rebel groups, are involved in these episodes of conflict, which also relates ...
Chinese nationals arrested with gold bars and $800,000 cash in DR Congo. Masisi, which has a population of about 40,000, is the capital of the territory of the same name.
Masisi is the location of a number of cheese factories. Most of the cheese produced in the DRC comes from Masisi Territory. [2] During the last decade, Masisi and the surrounding countryside have witnessed strife and conflict as the many militias in this part of the country fought each other and against FARDC and MONUC, for territory and wealth ...
It comes two weeks after the M23 captured Masisi, with the Congolese army launching a counteroffensive to retake the town. ... The M23 is often accused by DR Congo and the UN of being Rwanda's ...
Earlier in the week, they captured Minova, a strategically important port on the shores of Lake Kivu, and also the towns of Katale and Masisi, west of Goma. Most of the fighting between the Congolese army and the rebels on Friday was focused on Kibumba, a town about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Goma, and also around Sake.
The Goma offensive was a military campaign launched by the March 23 Movement (M23), a Congolese rebel group that is part of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and is supported by Rwanda, against the regional capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It lasted from January 23 to January 30, 2025.
The M23's military wing, the Revolutionary Army of Congo (Armée Révolutionnaire du Congo, ARC) began its rebellion in March 2012 in Masisi Territory. Following tactical reversals in Kitshanga, the M23 regrouped and commenced strategic offensives across the Kibumba groupement of the Bukumu Chiefdom, situated in Nyiragongo Territory. [40]
5 January – M23 rebels seize the town of Masisi, North Kivu. [1]9 January – The government bans Al Jazeera from operating in the country after the network airs an interview with M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa the previous day.